Why have I never heard of this kid? At the age of seven (seven!), Frank “Sugar Chile” Robinson lit up the 1946 film, No Leave No Love, with a jaw-dropping performance of the blues song, Caldonia. He was a national sensation until he quit touring at fourteen so he could go to school like normal kids. He retired from show business at the ripe old age of eighteen, although decades later, he surprised his fans with his first public performance in years.
Click here to read Frank’s amazing life story. Here’s an excerpt:
Born Frankie Robinson in Detroit on 28th December 1938, the youngest of seven children born to Clarence and Elizabeth Robinson, neither of (more…)
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